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The efficient monitoring and reporting on forest cover and land use is essential in monitoring progress on Sustainable Development Goals and crucial for countries adapting to and mitigating climate change...read |
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Marc Hasenfuss A new agribusiness powerhouse is heading for listing on the JSE after proposals by Western Cape-based Overberg Agri and Acorn Agri to merge...read |
Heinz Strubenhoff and Roy Parizat Digital solutions have huge potential for helping farmers boost productivity and connect to financial tools and markets around the world...read |
| | | | Ben Cousins There is only the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing, and why. The woeful record keeping of national and local government departments is partly to blame. But they are not the sole culprits... read | | | According to the Stats SA Quarter Four Labour Force Survey, agriculture created an additional 39,000 jobs... read | | | In just 12 months a USAID-FAO partnership, which works to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of diseases in farm animals, trained more than 4,700 veterinary health professionals in 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East... read | | | After an extended contraction in 2015 and 2016, the South African agricultural economy grew by 17.7% in 2017. This was boosted by strong output in almost all the subsectors, such as field crops, livestock and horticulture... read | | | | BFAP, in collaboration with the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, explored the economic and financial impact of the drought on the economy of the province... read | | | | Karabo Takadi and Wessel Lemmer of Absa Agribusiness recently compiled an avocado outlook for the industry, including international and domestic trends... read | | | | Inadequate and erratic rainfall poses a growing threat to food security in southern Africa as well as in eastern Africa, where many rural households have suffered from four consecutive drought-affected agricultural seasons. read | | | | In an ideal world, a farmer might sell a harvest of fresh produce to families nearby, who would eat that produce within the week. The more common reality in South Africa and the world, however... read | | | Sam Williams, Lourens Swanepoel & Steven Belmain Our new study showed that far from causing problems for farmers, carnivores could actually be beneficial by controlling rodent pests... read | | | | The South African wine industry has prioritised transformation and the development of people as key imperatives to ensure a strong and sustainable future... read | | | "By committing to the Protégé Programme, Amorim aims to contribute towards the development of skilled and dedicated individuals who may otherwise not have had the opportunity to partake in an industry in which we feel they could make valuable contributions." read | | | |
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